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The following post includes extracts from Rosey Hurst’s interview with Oliver Balch in Issue 2 of the Walter Scott Journal. For more information on the Walter Scott Journal, please visit www.walterscott.com
Years of treading factory floors have left Hurst with at least three abiding convictions. First, that global trade agreements are provoking a decline in working conditions, not an ... Read more

Academic research suggests that high quality, satisfying jobs are better for business, in terms of optimising productivity, quality and profits. This convenient truth, which many thought was self-evident, is a key driver in the ‘ethical trading’ efforts of retailers and brands seeking to de-risk their supply chains. It would be great if it was all as simple as that. However, it also turns out ... Read more

The background
Around 80% of garment workers in Bangladesh are women. The garment sector has seen massive growth in the past 5 years with a 106% rise in garment sector exports. This has created huge economic opportunities for women, who prior to this worked mainly in informal enterprise or domestic work.
However, it is clear that the economic opportunity presented by employment in the garment ... Read more

Impactt held a workshop on Collective Bargaining and Collective Contracts in Guangdong Province on 30th January 2015. The 30 attendees included government officials, brand representatives, international and local NGOs, and lawyers.
The workshop was timely as a regulations on trade unions in China have proved an obstacle to collective bargaining in the past. However, in recent years, there has ... Read more